#4394 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Metaphalangium cirtanum

Metaphalangium cirtanum

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0
2. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0
4. Castelporziano, Riserva Naturale Statale:© Camillo De Berardinis · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Granada, España:© Víctor González García · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 8100 Querença, Portugal:© Thijs Valkenburg · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 8800 Tavira, Portugal:© Sally Anderson · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Andalucía, ES:© aggranada · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Almería, España:© faluke · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 45018 Porto Tolle RO, Italia:© Willy Guasti · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Metaphalangium cirtanum is a species of harvestman belonging to the family Phalangiidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,910iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,910 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1839 (187 years ago).